The Internationale (1871)

Red Army Chorus. Conductor: B. A. Aleksandrov. Music: Pierre Degeyter. Lyrics: Eugene Pottier

Description: Revolutionary songs provided workers and leftists with a sign of solidarity at times when public expression was proscribed. They could be sung at meetings, during funeral processions, and whenever large groups of people needed to be brought together. There was an international flavor to Russian favorites. The Internationale, anthem of the Second International, was composed by the Frenchman Felix Degeyter. Freely translated into many languages, it became a popular anthem around the world. It had a thoroughly Russian history of its own. Lenin s favorite anthem, it served as Soviet national anthem until 1943, and was even the tune played by the Kremlin Bell Tower.

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth